My goodness, literally 30 seconds, 45 seconds before the show starts, UPS shows up.

I've waived signature.

They still want a signature.

Welcome.

It is Eric Erikson here.

Y'all, so I'm living the supply chain crisis.

We have a real supply chain crisis. It is affecting me directly and personally.

I ordered a new Christmas tree. Now, you'll say, Erickson, why don't you have a real Christmas

tree? I want a real Christmas tree. I love real Christmas trees. Real Christmas trees do not love me.

I am very allergic to real Christmas trees. And I used to not be. But as I've gotten older, if I touch them, I break out into hives and it gets, it's gotten worse. The older I've gotten, the more allergic to them I've gotten. So I had to, we've got to have a fake tree in my house. I bought a really expensive one a decade ago and it lasted for 10 years.

And it's finally, it won't stand straight anymore and the lights are partially not working. So I

ordered an expensive tree that will last me a decade. And it showed up yesterday. It was not supposed to be here until December 23rd, which I was already fretting about.

And then they sent me and out and said, don't worry, we'll have it there sooner.

We'll have it there December 1st.

And then it showed up yesterday.

Friends, I set up my new Christmas tree.

It's a 10 foot tall balsam for noble fur, rather not balsam,

noble fir Christmas tree.

And I have one quarter of a tree.

I have the bottom.

I have the stand and the base amount. It looks like the butt of a tree. I have the bottom. I have the stand and the base about it looks like the

butt of a tree. That's what I've got. It's about three feet tall and that's it. I do not have

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